God doesn't NEED raw material. He MAKES material.
You and I are stymied in our own creativity. We can only create as sub-creators, and even then our best work is only sub-creation.
A schoolmate of Matt Chandler's with the locker next to his: "I need to tell you about Jesus. When do you want to do that?
We are supernaturalists first, not naturalists. The only reason we feel compelled to accommodate science is that science says we ought to. But it is science that should accommodate revelation. Revelation has been around much longer.
Without a heart transformed by the grace of Christ, we just continue to manage external and internal darkness.
We spend so much time trying to put send to death that we don't spend enough time striving to know God deeply, trying to gaze upon the wonder of Jesus Christ and have that transform our affections to the point where our love and hope are steadfastly ...
The reality is that all God has to do is reveal himself to you,and you'll gladly join the mission in service to his kingdom. He doesn't force the issue; he just has to reveal himself as is: mighty,wondrous, gracious, loving, and radically saving. No ...
Trying to figure out God is like trying to catch a fish in the Pacific Ocean with an inch of dental floss.
